Fake job centre busted, two arrested
Agra, June 6 -- The Mainpuri police have busted a centre, promising jobs in government offices and in the Indian Army, running near Kisni town of Mainpuri district. The owner was arrested along with a lady assistant from Orissa on a complaint lodged by aggrieved students who came from Telangana state after being cheated in the name of a government job.
Addressing a press conference, superintendent of police, Mainpuri, Ganesh Prasad Saha, told the media about the network operating after students and candidates coming from Telangana state lodged a complaint against the centre with the Mainpuri police.
"It was alleged that accused Arvind Kumar Pandey used to claim himself as retired army captain and had certain photographs through which he used to fool and cheat aspirants coming seeking jobs in the Indian army but were provided jobs mostly as security guards after grabbing cash of Rs 2 - 3 lakh," said Saha.
"Such a fake centre was run previously at Ghiror (Mainpuri), NOIDA, Uttarakhand at which students and aspirants from Telangana, Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand and Orissa used to come," he said.
"A surveillance team was asked to verify the complaint and after tracing irregularities, a case was registered at Kisni police station under section 318(4) (cheating) of Bhartiya Nyayay Sanhita on complaint of Ashok, a resident of Ramchandrapur colony, within the limits of Kareem Nagar police station, in Telangana," stated Saha.
"Dr Arvind Kumar Pandey was named as the accused, being the owner of the centre, Bhartiya Police Protection Force (BPPF). On May 4, Pandey, originally from Faridabad in Haryana but now residing in Mainpuri, was arrested along with Suchitra Senapati, from district Khurda in Orissa," he said.
Police recovered fake documents including fake joining letters, medical, affidavits, rent deed, agreements, Aadhar cards, sticker having Ashoka Chakra, uniform, mobile, tablet which revealed that accused had cheated 300 to 400 students or aspirants of jobs in govt offices and army, said police officers.
"Pandey was a habitual offender and had earlier run a fake toothpaste company and before the pandemic, had cheated girls aspiring to become Miss India," stated the SP.
Police is searching for Prakash Kumar, claiming to be the treasurer of the centre....
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